Banagher

84 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Banagher, from 376 m² to 109,627 m² (10.96 ha, 27.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Banagher in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 26 Aug 2026N/a

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661459

• 21 Jun 2024Conditional

  for the existing dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works (previous planning permission reference number 07/3163). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 459.00 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460766

• 14 Jun 2024Conditional

  for alterations to and for the construction of an extension onto the rear of an existing dwellinghouse and for the construction of a domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works: (Extension) 97.60 sqm & (Garage) 60.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460727

• 29 Oct 2021Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, and treatment system, percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 276 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212019

• 8 Aug 2017Conditional

  for a) Retention of commercial kitchen over open basement to rear of existing restaurant b) Retention of ground floor residential extension to rear of existing dwelling (Previously exempted development) c) Permission to construct single storey residential extension to side of existing dwelling d) permission to construct first floor residential extension to rear of existing dwelling e) Re-positioning & Widening of existing vehicular entrance to rear garden to accommodate c) above f) Permission to construct canopy/covered smoking area to front of existing bar/Restaurant. Gross floor space of proposed works Residential 71sqm, Gross floor space of work to be retained Commercial 57sqm, Residential 33sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171196

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297

Recorded monuments

• GA016-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a prominent rise in grassland. Poorly preserved oval rath (E-W 38m, N-S 25.5m) defined by a bank and external fosse. The bank survives at NW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. No visible surface trace of the fosse survives at NE. A ringfort (GA016-006----) lies c. 550m to SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA016-006 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating grassland. Well-preserved circular rath (D 41m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is faced with stone and is best preserved from N to ESE. A well-defined stone-lined entrance (Wth 3.7m) is visible at ESE. Costello's plan (1902b, 110) shows an annexe­like feature adjoining the rath at NW, no clear surface trace of which survives. What is visible are a number of radiating earthen banks from W to N. There is a souterrain (GA016-006001-) in NW quadrant of the interior, and a second (GA016-006002-) within the site of the 'annexe' at NNW (GA016-005----) lies c. 550m to NE. (Costello 1903, 4-5; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 488) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA016-006001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within NW quadrant of a ringfort (GA016-006----). A plan of this souterrain drawn up by Costello (1902b, 110) suggests that it was roughly L-shaped in plan and consisted of at least two chambers. Access is now possible to only one. A stone-lined hollow (L 2m) leads to the chamber (L 3.9m, Wth 1.2m) which runs SE-NW. A possible creep is visible at NW end. A 2nd possible chamber is visible beyond this through a gap in the roof lintels; it appears to turn to SW. Another souterrain (GA016-006002-) lies c. 24m to NW. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 448). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA016-006002 Souterrain
  Description

  Some 10m NW of a ringfort (GA016-006----), within an associated 'annexe'. According to Costello (1902b, 110), this souterrain consisted of 'two chambers connected by a narrow doorway without a passage'. Present remains consist of a blocked-up chamber, running E-W, indicated by a slight depression (L 2.6m) in the ground surface. Circa 7m to W, lies a 2nd chamber (L c. 4m), running N-S. Though inaccessible, a view through a displaced lintel indicates that it is of drystone construction and similar to the souterrain (GA016-006001-) within the interior of the ringfort. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 448). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA016-006003 Field boundary
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA016-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in grassland. Subcircular rath (NW-SE 35m, NE-SW 34m), in fair condition, defined by a bank. Possible entrance at S. An earthen bank (L 2.8m), possibly associated, radiates from the monument at SSW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA016-008 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level grassland to NE of a stream. Circular rath (D 23m), in fair condition, defined by a bank. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA016-009 Church
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA016-133001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In pastureland on a low terraced spur that overlooks the former floodplain of the River Clare, which flows S c. 120m to the W. This small fairly well-preserved subcircular house (int. dims. 5.8m NNE-SSW; 5.2m NNW-SSE) is defined by a partially collapsed low double-faced stone wall (av. Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.6-0.8m; ext. H 0.6m). An entrance gap (Wth 1.6m) at NNE is flanked on its W side by a large upright stone (H 0.3m; L 0.8m; Wth 0.2m) set transversally. A possible structure (GA016-133002-) is visible c. 2m to the W. The following images have been uploaded: GA016-133001-_01.jpg Overall view from NE; ranging rod at entrance GA016-133001-_02.jpg Entrance from NE GA016-133001-_03.jpg E sector of interior from W GA016-133001-_04.jpg Inner facing stones in E sector GA016-133001-_05.jpg Overall view from ESE GA016-133001-_06.jpg Overall view from S Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 22 June 2023

• GA016-133002 Structure
  Description

  Located c. 2m to the W of a (GA016-133001-), a small square area ( L 1.4m; Wth 1.4m) is defined by earthfast stones. A meandering line of earthfast stones running off it towards the E may be the remains of an associated field wall. The following images have been uploaded: GA016-133001-_01.jpg GA016-133002-_01.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 23 June 2023

Architectural heritage

• Milltown Bridge, bridge, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch road bridge, built c.1855, over River Clare. Shallow segmental arch of large blocks of limestone, soffit now gunnelled. Walls and parapet of rusticated blocks, with blocks laid flat on parapet as copings. At either end of parapets are semi-circular blocks to define ends of bridge. Plaque inscribed 'John Gill Contractor Galway 1856'.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Banagher, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Banagher.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Banagher with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Banagher · Beannchar

Area

1,617,286 m² (161.73 ha, 399.64 acres)

Civil parish

Liskeevy, and its townlands

Barony

Dunmore

Electoral division

Doonbally, the unit of the census

Census 2022

626 people lived in 210 households in the Doonbally electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowreagh, Cartron, Clashaganny, Dawros Upper, Kilgevrin, Milltown, Ummeracly East

Placenames

Banagher on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.